• FiskFisk33@startrek.website
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        8 months ago

        there are both categories.
        Some things are marginally better and incredibly expensive.
        Other things, such as garden hose power snakes and these “audiophile crystals” are just pure scam.

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        8 months ago

        I’d be all up for some diminishing returns but the price premium is nowhere close to adequate. For the price of an overbuilt headphone amp you can buy a soldering iron and parts for three amps that are four times as overbuilt. And include a metrology-grade DAC in all of them.

        And, yes, my headphone cable is oxygen-free copper. I simply chose the cheapest suitable cable I could find at Thomann, the stuff is so cheap they’re throwing it in there for diminishing returns in sales.